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In Jason of Star Command (1978-1980) Chapter 5, "Wiki to the Rescue," the tiny aforementioned robot proves his worth yet again.
While Jason (Craig Littler) and Princess Allegra (Roseanne Katon) are trapped on a crumbling planetoid, the droid finds Nicole (Susan Pratt) on a Star Fire and alerts her to the situation.
Meanwhile, Star Command is still facing the crisis that Dragos (Sid Haig) initiated. The base is falling into an alien star.
Accordingly, Professor Parsafoot (Charlie Dell) must either surrender to Dragos or die.
Demonstrating courage, Parsafoot rebuffs Dragos and decides that Star Command will take its chances.
Jason, realizing that he must break Dragos' hold on Star Command, initiates a self-destruct sequence on his Star Fire and rams it into the sinister and imposing Dragon Ship.
Jason and Allegra escape in a pod, having achieved their mission.
Meanwhile, Dragos' drones close in on Wiki, ready to destroy him.
Each fifteen minute segment of Jason of Star Command's first season is really only a small piece of a big puzzle. Not all the segments stand up well as stand-alone adventures, as they start with a cliffhanger and end with another.
That said, the strong special effects, dynamic costumes, and space adventuring all call back the heyday of Star Wars.
Jason of Star Command is space swashbuckling pure and simple, and enjoyable on that basis, even if woefully shallow or superficial. Princess Allegra adds some much needed spice to the proceedings, and the visuals are, as usual, unimpeachable.
Here, on that front, we get the Star Command falling into a star, and Wiki caaught in a dangerous pursuit by drone interceptors.
This segment also features a fantastic and uncommon view of the Dragon Ship from beneath. The miniature remains impressive to this day, even though we are now decidedly in the age of CGI. Just look at the detail there...it's a whole city we've never even seen before!
Finally, it's nice to report that Parsafoot shows some real backbone this week, and doesn't serve only as wimpy comic relief.
Next week, one of the first season episodes that is often considered the best of the bunch: "Planet of the Lost."

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Certificate authorities (CAs) have long been used as a trusted means to relay secure access to information via the Internet. CAs provide digital certificates that deliver the information once an application, or binary, is signed and validated by the service provider that owns the content in question. This trust model has worked until cybercriminals started obtaining certificates for malicious signed binaries, or malicious applications, which makes attacks much simpler to execute. When a user relies only on a certificate to bridge trust with a service provider, attackers can simply trick them into trusting a malicious application. When attackers are able to trick administrators and users into trusting a malicious program, they can easily evade and circumvent security software.
During the last quarter of 2013, McAfee Labs researchers discovered that malicious signed binaries have skyrocketed, reaching unprecedented numbers in more complex and advanced methods than previously recorded. During the fourth quarter of 2013, researchers found more than 2.3 million new malicious signed binaries — a 52% increase from just the third quarter. Throughout all of 2013, nearly 5.7 million new malicious signed binaries were discovered, which was more than triple the amount found in 2012.
This jump in malicious signed binaries can lead to dire consequences for application users. If these numbers remain on an increasing path, users will no longer be able to rely on certificate authorities. Users will need to rely on the vendor's reputation who signed the binary, and the ability of the vendor to secure its data. If this is the ultimate result, the certificate authority model risks running obsolete.
Content Distribution Networks
Signed malware as a whole originates from stolen, purchased, or altered certificates. More specifically, though, this malware is growing at a faster rate with help from suspicious content distribution networks (CDNs). These websites allow developers to either upload programs or URLs that link to external applications, and then discreetly wrap the code in a signed installer. These CDNs offer attackers a channel for distributing their malware and disguise developers' intentions.
Additionally, researchers were able to trace some of the malicious signed binaries back to a group of the most used CDNs. While narrowing down the list is important, it does not completely solve the problem since there are many other certificates linked to other CDNs. However, recognizing the pattern by malicious developers explains the recent and rapid growth of signed malware.
Top Certificate Subjects on Malicious Signed Binaries
The list below shows the top certificate signers that were associated with malicious signed binaries in 2013 and their percentage of all malicious signed binaries:
- Firseria SL — 14%
- Tuguu SL — 6%
- Payments Interactive SL — 6%
- Corleon Group Ltd. — 4%


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LONDON — After four days of foul-mouthed evidence that provided insight into soccer's crude culture, Chelsea captain John Terry was cleared yesterday of racially abusing an opponent.
While the veteran England defender left a London court vindicated, the image of the national game was tarnished by the on-field exchanges replayed during the trial.
Amid the uncertainties about the confrontation between Terry and his accuser, Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand, there was no disputing they had been trading vulgar taunts following a disputed penalty decision.
"It has not been the best of weeks for football," said Gordon Taylor, chief executive of the Professional Footballers' Association. "It has been an unedifying process and the game has been damaged as a result of the dirty linen being washed in public… it is not just the line between what is banter and what is illegal, so much of what we have heard this week needs to be cut out."
In a Premier League match in October that was broadcast to a worldwide audience, Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand had been goading Terry over an alleged extramarital with the former girlfriend of ex-England teammate Wayne Bridge.
Prosecutors claimed Terry snapped in response to the insults and bellowed "[expletive] black [expletive] at Ferdinand. But the magistrate who ruled on the case backed Terry's defense that he only used the offensive term sarcastically to counter the obscenity he claims Ferdinand was accusing him of using.
Chief magistrate Howard Riddle was convinced that Terry could have misheard "Bridge" as "black," prompting his belief that a suggestion of racism was being wrongly claimed in the west London derby at Loftus Road.
"It is highly unlikely that Mr. Ferdinand accused Mr. Terry on the pitch of calling him a black [expletive]," Riddle said in his judgment, parts of which were read in court. "However I accept that it is possible that Mr. Terry believed at the time, and believes now, that such an accusation was made.
"The prosecution evidence as to what was said by Mr. Ferdinand at this point is not strong. Mr. [Ashley] Cole [the Chelsea defender] gives corroborating — although far from compelling corroborating — evidence on this point. It is therefore possible that what he said was not intended as an insult, but rather as a challenge to what he believed had been said to him."
Riddle called Terry a "credible witness" and questioned the key video evidence.
"The lip readers do not provide evidence that categorically contradicts his account," he said of the YouTube video. "What may at first sight have seemed clear to the nonexpert is less clear now."
While clearing Terry of the racially aggravated public order charge, in his near 5,000-word verdict Riddle did not dispute the credibility of Ferdinand, who only heard Terry utter the key phrase on the internet after the game, which QPR won 1-0.
"It is inherently unlikely that (Ferdinand) should firstly accuse John Terry of calling him a black (expletive), then shortly after the match completely deny that he had made such a comment, and then maintain that false account throughout the police investigation and throughout this trial," Riddle said. "There is no history of animosity between the two men. The supposed motivation is slight."
There were cheers in Court One at Westminster Magistrates' Court from members of Terry's family after the verdict.
The case had led to Terry being stripped of the England captaincy in February by the Football Association ahead of the European Championship, prompting the resignation of coach Fabio Capello who disagreed with the decision.
The FA could still bring charges against Terry, with its disciplinary process — that was halted amid the police probe — carrying a lesser burden of proof than a criminal case.
"The FA notes the decision in the John Terry case and will now seek to conclude its own inquiries," the governing body said in a statement.
Liverpool striker Luis Suarez was banned by the FA last season for racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra in a case that never went to court.
"Needing a lower burden of proof (than court) puts the FA in a difficult position now," Taylor said. "Some people may say we should draw a line under it … but at the same time we must not sweep it under the carpet and say everything is fine when it's not."
European champion Chelsea has never wavered in its support for Terry.
"We are pleased that John can now put his mind to football and go back to training and do what he's done for many years," Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck said outside the court.
Terry had faced a maximum fine of $3,900 if found guilty in a case that was heard without a jury.
"He did not racially abuse Mr. Ferdinand and the court has accepted this," Terry's legal team said in a statement.
Ferdinand had been reluctant to pursue a criminal case, which was prompted by an off-duty police officer making the complaint. Prosecutors defended the decision to pursue the high-profile case.
"The very serious allegation at the heart of this case was one of racial abuse," Alison Saunders, Chief Crown Prosecutor for London, said. "It was our view that this was not 'banter' on the football pitch and that the allegation should be judged by a court.
"The Chief Magistrate agreed that Mr. Terry had a case to answer, but having heard all of the evidence he acquitted Mr. Terry."


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The Reader's Choice poll results have been posted, too, and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell easily took the first place spot, as it had done earlier in the poll of SF Site contributors.
Cheryl Morgan has also just put Emerald City 114 online, and it deserves a look not just because it includes her usual copious set of reviews, but because she makes some very astute recommendations (although I think she's bloody bonkers with a certain comment about the Fan Writer category). I wanted to most heartily support the following:
As usual I am going to plead with you to choose some book editors in the Best Professional Editor category. David Hartwell is top of my list, but Juliet Ulman deserves credit for picking up some wonderful British books (as does Lou Anders but his are only just starting to come out next month). As far as magazines go, Ellen Datlow's Sci Fiction is the only one I read regularly. I've listed Nalo Hopkinson as she's done some great anthologies recently. And Peter Crowther deserves a little more recognition (this time outside of the World Fantasy Awards) for the marvelous job he's doing with PS Publishing.Juliet Ulman at Bantam has scooped up many of the best writers and books of the past few years, and deserves huge accolades. I'd also recommend Sean Wallace, as the more I read from Prime, the more impressed I become (in fact, a couple of the books Juliet Ulman snapped up were originally published by Prime). I usually recommend authors and titles to people, but with Prime I feel comfortable recommending the whole publisher -- if the Prime name is on a book, it's more than likely going to be a book that captures your imagination without insulting your intelligence. (That sounds like a blurb. Its not. I've been meaning to praise Prime and Sean for a month now, and the opportunity just presented itself. I've read a pile of Prime books in the past year and a half, and I actively disliked only one. I can't say that about any other publisher.)
For magazines, I certainly second Cheryl's championing of Ellen Datlow -- SciFiction had a great year last year -- and would add Gordon van Gelder to the list, as F&SF also had a very strong year.


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The European Commission today filed its proposal for extending musical copyrights from 50 to 95 years, retroactively. The argument? Think of the
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It seems you actually can buy off the EU commissioners as you can a US Congressman
Was there ever any doubt that you could...
I've lost all my respect for intellectual property. All the "extensions" show us how artificial the whole concept is. The IP industry takes people's money and then bribes politicians to make laws that let the IP industry make even more money. Are we supposed to respect that?
I want to come out against old and poor musicians. I have no problem doing that. Even if these musicians were one hit wonders, that means after their pathetic careers ended they had to go find other means of making a living. 50 years to plan for not getting that money any more. Grow the fuck up and learn how to invest.
If they were legitimately trying to help the original musicians, then why didn't they simply change the term to 'life'?
So, because the old track still sell some, they should not be compensated?
Oh, that's right. Some people think they are entitled to free music. Of course! We never expect any pay for our work.
We're just going to say that it will impede the progress of the Human Race if old rockers actually get paid for their music.
"...locking up the building blocks of cultural creativity..."
What's the matter? Don't some of you have enough creativity to think up something new? Must you confine yourself to derivatives?
Why pay for old stuff?
I mean, after all, it has no value, right? That's why people buy it, right? Because they don't care about it?
Once again, I challenge all programmers to submit your code to me for free. Put your money where your mouth is and work for free. I don't know how you will be able to pay the bills, but I'm sure you've got something figured out.
Since everything should be free by your estimation, feel free to lead the way. Show us, Oh Great Ones, how everything will be free.
This isn't about retirement, people. It's about some people thinking they should get things for free.
If the track sells, it means someone has placed value upon it. Simple as that.
And now I bow out of this discussion. There will be no end to the excuse making of some posters here. In the end, all some of you are saying is that you should get everything for free. Like everybody owes you. Like Humanity owes you a living. Like you don't have to earn your way through life.
I don't owe you. Neither does Herbie Flowers. Nor does anyone else. And, if you're of age, neither do your parents anymore.
Oh well, I'm sure my comments will fall upon deaf ears and blind eyes.
Flame on!
I think the musicians are puppets in this case- the recording labels have the most to gain here. Follow the money. I don't think it would take a lot to brainwash/threaten/bribe some aging musicians into making this plea.
BTW I think Elvis' recordings are coming up for expiration in Europe-- there's one artist's income stream many parties (other than Elvis!) can still exploit.
There are so many holes in this argument, its not worth responding. However, if you pay me only $0.02 US for my opinion each year for 95 years into the future, I will gladly email you my opinions on your rant.
Oh, you don't want my opinion,? You want my thoughtful hard work for free? You leech! How dare you suck the life right out of me!!!
no no no, not plural, email the same opinion over 95 years.
I don't even care if it is feeding the trolls, comments like that irk me.
Your ranting comes from the complete lack of understanding of the purpose of IP laws in the first place. Here's a hint: they have nothing to do with individual fairness or morality. As well they shouldn't, since those things are so subjective.
It's not about Herbie owning me anything, or me owing a thing to him.
The point is, IP laws were created to serve the public. Created as a balance between advancing the sources of culture (people that create stuff) and the spread of culture (free and not just in the $$ sense spreads very much quicker)
And it really is not just about "I'm entitled to free music". Culture breeds culture, and by no means only derivative, simple as that. The more cultural values created and the more effective their spread, the better off everyone is at the end.
It's the reason (good) governments spend assloads of money on library funding, for example.
And the reason for the existence of IP laws.
And the reason we should all be against such ridiculous "addenda" to those laws.
I once had a job, part of which entailed putting (new) toilets onto trucks for delivery to stores. I think that everyone who flushes one of these toilets for the next 95 years owes me money.
Seriously you are retarded. Copyright was supposed to be limited in the first place. You are only supposed to have a LIMITED monopoly on your works, after that is it SUPPOSED to be public domain.
So we should pay the great^12 grandchildren for Mozart's works because you think there is a perpetual monopoly for his works? The forefathers and copyright law till recent times would disagree. Look up the Statute of Anne on 1710 which granted exclusive rights for 28 years and then got perverted with the Copyright Act of 1976 that granted life+50 years.
Plain and simple. It's people like you that things are supposed to be perpetual till the cows come home. Where does it stop? One generation? Five generations.
That's pretty much what this extension boils down to, because the Musician will see squat of the pennies their songs might bring in
Mr. Todd, you are coming at this with the assumption that musicians have an innate right to control their work and restrict it's use for their own benefit.
This isn't the case. Originally there were no restrictions on performing, and eventually, copying others works. These restrictions were eventually put into place to promote the creation of such works to benefit society at large.
This is the critical point, patent and copyright law is designed to benefit everybody, it should not be designed to protect the creator accept in as much as protecting the creator also benefits society as a whole through the creation of works that may not have existed otherwise.
Noone ever decided not to write a song because after 50 years of making him rich, he would no longer be able to benefit from it. Copyright law is serving it's purpose.
These musicians should be planning for the future, as the article stated. There is no entitlement to benefiting from some work that you did 30 years ago for the rest of your life.
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I've got no problem with this at all. How someone can think getting paid for your work, irrespective of whether it's one year or 75 years later, is an entitlement is completely beyond me.
GOD DAMN IT. As others have said, this just goes to underline how worthless the concept of IP has become. It is no wonder the general public does not respect it, they just get screwed.
Nope. They knew what the deal was when they made the music. Now they want to change terms after the fact. Tough.
Yeah, and that group of "some people" Mr. Todd? It includes you, because you seem to think you're entitled to The Public's work for free. Or do you think the artificial construct known as copyright costs nothing? Do you think law enforcement all works for free, that our tax dollars all come from magical fairies instead our work? Copyright, and IP in general, is taking something from the public. It requires resources to support, and takes away opportunities for development, both commercial and cultural, that would be there otherwise. It has second and third level costs in terms of restricting innovation in other industries.
If you are pretending IP is free you are either ignorant or a liar. It is not unreasonable for the public to expect a return on its investment, period. If you, as a creator, don't like those terms feel free to choose a different line of work. If it seriously looks like the current protections aren't enough to encourage sufficient production (which quite frankly is a nearly impossible argument to make given that they did for the last few hundred years) then we can evaluate that if there are problems later.
I totally agree with the author. Many of these guys already got an opportunity to lead lifestyles of excess most people can scarcely dream of, and many still do. Now they want to extend that into their children's children's early twenties...
If you asked me, it was unbalanced before, and this seeks to maintain that imbalance for as long as possible.
Of course, it could also be true that behind this is actually the labels, and these artists who are bitching are simply...well... their bitches. If the kind of contract shenanigans that reportedly go on with record deals are true, the labels are the ones who will see most of whatever money still pours in, with possible exceptions.
Either way, it's about the rich and powerful enforcing their entitlement to remain so without really doing anything to remain so. Copyright is supposed to be about fostering creative work. If a guy sits on his ass after playing bass on a few hit songs, counting on getting paid for generations to come from that, that encourages him to be lazy and not contribute further to creative works.
Anyway, the issue has been beaten to death, and these guys will probably get their way, because the media powerhouses are coffers to the government. The only real question is probably "Who is really whose bitch?" Perhaps it rotates, like the EU presidential seat.
Why should this surprise anyone? Europe has been leading the charge for longer copyright terms for the past 200 years. I lament that the US continually follows suit.
As someone who's intends to pursue a career in the music industry, I feel that so long as a performer is still alive, they should have the right to make money from their work, but after that it's over. None of that crap where companies take control of a copyright after the original holder's death etc.
I personally don't want to live to see anything I do in the future used in a fucking Nike commercial without serious compensation. US copyright law is outright insanity, but I think it should last the life of the performer, and not a moment afterwards.
I hate U.S. copyright law, but this extension isn't too terrible, but yet a little bit too blanketed. Make it a life term and be done.
Bullshit. At least in the US, radio only pays royalties to the songwriter. Performers don't get a nickle when a song they recorded gets radio airplay, due to antitrust exemptions granted to the US radio industry via the NAB.
The people who want music to be "free" are obviously not songwriters or musicians. If you don't want to pay for music, feel "free" to write (and perform) your own. Yeah, I didn't think so...
They can get paid for their work as long as they are willing to continue to perform it. The fact is that having original works locked up by massive copyright cartels for multiple lifetimes benefits no one but the copyright cartels and to a lesser extent the artist. It causes noticeable harm to society as a whole, at least if you value creative expression. That harm is completely counter intuitive to the original idea for which copyright law was created.
This is more or less the point I'm here to make. 'Artists' already are a special case, spoiled by favoritism, treated as if their work is better than everyone else's. I feel no remorse for not having paid for music in 10 years.
There are only two relevant arguments (well, three, but I won't get into the third as no one is discussing considerations relevant to it here) to extend copyright:
1) It is necessary to promote the creation of new works. Good luck trying to prove that. As far as I can tell, no one has even tried.
2) Composers/performers have a "natural" or moral right to control over and compensation from their creation. Ergo, they should have longer (usually life) terms.
The former point is rarely, if ever, addressed in current arguments, and the latter point is *specifically not the point of copyright law*. Ergo, there is no valid reason anyone has provided to extend copyright law.
(For completeness' sake, the third reason is trade benefits: some of the largest exports of the West is its cultural exports. It's the reasoning used by the US Congress in recent extensions.)
I hope those charming fellows at thepiratebay organize some sort of protest
IP law will change and it will be by the will of the people, be it through legal means or through civil disobedience.
Also, if you are a performer then you should only be expected to get payed for that one particular performance and not in perpetuity. My dad, who is a doctor, only gets payed once for each surgery and I would argue that performing surgery is more complex then playing the guitar. Most people only get payed once for each instance of them applying their chosen craft, but musicians are somehow special because they enrich our lives and broaden our horizons? BS
Is it just me or does it seem like every single major country/government.... except Iran, rolls over for just about any and everybody no matter how incompetent or baseless their argument is?!?!
I think most of the people in office (UN, US, EU, etc....) must be eunuchs because they sure haven't shown that they have the kahunas to stand up and say No! Well again...except for Iran & The Pirate Bay. They went from having kahunas to boulders to mountains! lol
I read some where that the US congress has an approval rating of 11% and Bushweasel has like 25%. WTF is wrong with this country.... wait nevermind, can't polish a turd.
This is simplr ridiculous!! I think the like sof Andrew Keen who are favoring such moves here in the U.S. have to be ashame. I read his peice on copyright and i was furious: Why 'Rethinking' Copyright Law Is a Huge Mistake
UK citizens can write to their MEP by visiting this site: http://www.writetothem.com. Let them know what you think. If they have a couple of minutes set aside in their busy day spent scamming their expenses, you might get a letter on some fancy paper back from them.
You don't sell a surgery over and over again.
Let's put it this way: Author's such as Herman Hesse and Mark Twain (both dead) are out of copyright. Their books are published now by anyone who wants to, usually for not much less than the cost of a book still in copyright. Guess who's benefiting now? Publishers. If someone is buying the goods, the creator should get paid for it.
Say someone buys a case of beer brewed by a company in Boston. Should the trucking company who shipped the case across the country make all the money from that purchase?
If someone is buying my recording, I want paid for it. Period. I couldn't give two shits after I die, but I intend to get paid for my recordings if someone purchases it unless I say otherwise. If a company is publishing it and not paying me for it, I want the right to prevent that company from publishing it.
If you want to tell me I'm not going to get paid for my recording, try and do it to my face.
And people wonder why nobody respects copyright anymore...
And we don't owe an artist a life of leisure in return for producing a single work, fucking reTodd!
You're not going to get paid for your recording.
Why should you? Why should you get to record one album and live off of it for the rest of your life? Why should you not have to, you know, work and save like the rest of us mere mortals? What the fuck makes record companies so privileged that, if they make a big enough hit, they should be guaranteed income forever and ever? (I originally said "artists" there, but seriously, no artists actually make money off of their recordings unless they're already megastars and are thus able to dictate the terms of their contract).
It seems to me that the "artists" who lobby for things like copyright extensions have an ego and a sense of entitlement the size of Texas.
Those brewers in Boston selling beer? They're actually working, brewing the beer first. The publishers selling public domain books? They're working, producing and distributing the books. They work for a living. You should too.
Copyright was originally only 15 years; to me, that seems perfect. Just enough time for an artist to exploit his art to make money, but not enough to give a perpetual income (and enough to ensure a thriving public domain, so that culture can grow and expand). The extension of copyright has brought with it an eradication of our culture, and I find it disgusting.
This is the most pathetic part. Having a heated but rational argument about disagreements is one thing, but shouting your feelings and then walking away is truly worthless. If you believe that your opinions are superior, then you owe it to your cause to engage those who think differently. Instead, you vent your anger and then go back inside. Congratulations, you've made the world a tiny bit worse.
In other words, your ego and sense of logic are so fragile that the mere sight of somebody responding to you would cause them to shatter. Thus you bury your head in the sand and tell yourself that nobody could possibly defeat you in a battle of reason, as proven by the fact that you haven't listened to a single rebuttal (there was a Dilbert comic about you, by the way).
Definitely. I mean, you've already come right out and said that any responses to you will fall on deaf ears and blind eyes. Why should anybody that you don't respect respect you? No, "Because I'm me" and "Because I said so" are not valid answers; but nice try.
I, as a producer of both free and commercial intellectual property, and one who produces content for a living, think you, sir, are a flaming idiot.
The parenthetical is key -- artists won't see much money from this, but a record company with thousands of artists...well, there's something worth lobbying for.
The sad/interesting part is that artists argue for this kind of legislation simply because their interests are minimally aligned. Sure, I want $500 a year, why not? But in doing so they contribute immensely to the credibility of an industry that has largely profited at their expense.
Sometime in those fucking 50 years, they should have made second song. Situation solved. Why should something that might only take a few hours to create generate income for the rest of their lives, when the agreement at the time was that they would receive copyright protection for only a limited time?
And, what exactly is wrong with art becoming part of the public domain?
How many artists have NEVER practiced or learned their craft using existing music? Yet, apparently it's already illegal to hum a song since that is some sort of public performance.
How about we go back to 14 years of protection, and if you don't like it you get a fucking job outside of your hobby?
Or, how about if we just outsource all of our music needs to China and India, like everything else?
"We're the Department of Loot! Ahhhh ahhh, we got the power."
Then it would be too tempting to kill the musicians.
If I take a look on the iPhone App store, I can find a number of out of copyright books for the princely sum of 59p. I can download them for free from Project Gutenberg. In the UK you can buy real, out of copyright, books for 99p from petrol stations. Or at least you could when I was last living there. When the cheap books first came out there was much wailing, and gnashing of teeth from the existing publishers: 'Publishing is doomed. We need to sell old works at a vast mark-up to survive!' Copyright extensions benefit the existing content publishers. Once a work is out of copyright other parties can enter the market and undercut their prices. ie Everyone else benefits.
I mostly on the side of IP right already being too long and this is just making it worse. But to play devil's advocate for a moment, at least this would encourage artists to create timeless songs that are popular for years and years, because they can continue to make money off of them. Then again, I've always been of the mindset that artists driven by money often make the worst art. Those that don't care about the money and would do it anyway make the best art.


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Just Adventure: First off, thanks for doing an interview! Did Lost Echo start out as a mobile adventure game, or were there any other platform options?
Both: The pleasure is all ours! When we started making games, we started doing a very ambitious PC adventure game. A couple of months in, we realized that with our resources it would never be finished. Since we didn't want to compromise our vision for that game we decided to put it on hold. So we started thinking what we should do instead.
It had to be doable in a reasonable amount of time. A mobile adventure game was starting to make a lot of sense. Touch is great for adventures, we had a couple of ideas that would actually work better on mobile than on PC and the limitations of the hardware would help us keep the scale of the game to manageable levels. And so we started working on Lost Echo.
Just Adventure: Were there any adventure games the team drew influence from to create Lost Echo?
Both: We played and loved adventure games since we were young but I don't think there are any distinct and direct influences (with one exception). But in general, we really loved LucasArts adventure games when were kids, so we went with no death or dead-ends. And while we wanted to tell a serious story, we did like how other games combined a great plot with humor (Sierra games and Phoenix Wright games).
Speaking of Phoenix Wright, that's the one direct influence. We did really like how the text was presented in that game and how much sense it made to present it like that on smaller screens. That's true for most Visual Novels but Phoenix Wright was our first experience with the genre.
Just Adventure: Did Lost Echo go through any changes before the final product? Such as, changes to the story, gameplay, etc?
Both: The only things that stayed the same throughout development were the basic premise (and plot twist) and that the fact that it was an adventure game. Everything else was changed or iterated upon multiple times. For example, the main character that is in the game is actually the third iteration of the character and that was actually changed pretty late in development. You can see the previous character model in the bar, drinking alone, being now reduced to a cosmetic non-interactive character.
Just Adventure: It's been mentioned that Lost Echo even works on the iPhone 3GS, were there any technical issues the team had to overcome through its 2-year development? Was there anything left out that you wanted to keep in?
Both: The only real issue we had with having to keep support for the 3GS was memory management. Some scenes are really close to the limit of ram iOS allows you to use on a 3GS. We would have liked to add a bit more in certain scenes, for example more vegetation and more items on the park, but we weren't able to. When we started developing and with the timeframe we had set back then (which was about six months...), the 3GS was still quite relevant and had to be supported. If we knew we would have taken so much time we would have probably dropped support for the older devices and added things like facial expressions to the characters and a bit more visual polish overall.
Just Adventure: You have Lost Echo's walkthrough on your website, was this intentional to help novice players along, or were people getting stuck?
Both: We were planning to release a walkthrough eventually, but from the first day there was a lot of demand for one, so we decided to release it sooner rather than later. Maybe we should have included a hint system in the game? We're not exactly sure how we feel on the matter.
Nick: At some point allowing the player to get "stuck" became a sin in game design. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. But one of my most memorable gaming moments in my youth, was when me and my father finally solved a puzzle in Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis after weeks of trying. We were feeling so proud of ourselves that I still remember it to this day (and in retrospect it was a pretty easy puzzle, it was one involving a lantern and a hieroglyphic).
Vagelis: I also had a similar experience with Loom, when I was trying to leave the first island. I couldn't get past the tornado. I had been trying for weeks going back and forth. To make matters worse, I had to change 5.25" floppy disks every time I went to the tornado. When I finally managed to get past it, I felt great!
Just Adventure: Lost Echo: Resonance is an upcoming free update that will include a host of changes. Will this still include the same characters, or show another aspect of the story?
Both: You will be playing most (all?) of it as Chloe. And there will be some new characters in it, that aren't really new... That's all we can say at this point.
Just Adventure: Final question, does KickBack Studios have any projects planned for the future?
Both: We... have a lot of ideas. We are a small team of two, we can only do one thing at once. We do have a couple of ideas we want to prototype, but that's going to be after we finish Lost Echo: Resonance.
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WACO, Texas (June 10, 2014) — The Rev. Dr. Amy K. Butler, BA '91, MA '96, has been elected senior pastor of The Riverside Church, one of the country's most prominent liberal Protestant pulpits, thus becoming the first woman to head the church in its 84-year history.
The interdenominational church, which The New York Times has called "a stronghold of activism and political debate" since its inception, was founded by financier/philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr. in Manhattan. It has been home to some of the most influential clergy in progressive Protestant history.
Butler spent the last 11 years doing the hands-on work of rebuilding Calvary Baptist in Washington, D.C., a struggling small church. Her selection comes after a five-year period of diminishing membership at the Manhattan church.
In a letter to The Riverside Church, Butler noted that it has held a prominent place in the country's history, but "the role of the Church in America is shifting radically . . . There will be people watching carefully to see how we address those challenges together.
"Their questions are the same questions we're asking: How will we steward the legacy of this beautiful, historic place? How can we pull together to build a community that reflects what we say we believe: a diverse, life-giving community in an increasingly secular urban setting? . . .
"These are big, wonderful, scary questions," Butler wrote. "I believe God is calling us to begin answering them for ourselves, and in the process model for the world what God's church can be."
Butler earned her bachelor's degree from Baylor with a dual major in religion and political science and her master's degree in religion, both from the College of Arts & Sciences. She was praised by religion faculty for her humility, academic achievement and commitment.
At Calvary, she was recognized for revitalizing and expanding a shrinking congregation and encouraging diversity.
W.H. Bellinger Jr., Ph.D., chair of Baylor's department of religion and The W. Marshall and Lulie Craig Professor of Bible, recalled Butler as a "fine student, and her educational experiences have had a profound impact on her life and ministry."
Beverly Gaventa, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of New Testament in Baylor's department of religion, said The Riverside Church is known for its physical beauty, history of preaching excellence and its ministry in the city and the world. She said that Butler's selection is an encouraging step for those who have worked and prayed for the full inclusion of women in church leadership.
William Pitts, Ph.D., a professor of religion at Baylor who supervised Butler's thesis at Baylor, said that she combined "humility, a dedicated work ethic and an inquiring spirit into her studies.
"Amy has a pastor's heart as her work over the years attests . . . She has demonstrated courage and leadership as a pastor. I am proud of her achievement and recognition," Pitts said.
Butler also holds degrees from The International Baptist Theological Seminary, BDiv, '95, and Wesley Theological Seminary, DMin, '09. Before coming to Calvary Baptist, she worked with the homeless in New Orleans and served as associate pastor at the city's St. Charles Avenue Baptist Church.
The Riverside Church, affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the American Baptist Church, has about 1,700 members.
Baylor University is a private Christian university and a nationally ranked research institution, characterized as having "high research activity" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The university provides a vibrant campus community for approximately 15,000 students by blending interdisciplinary research with an international reputation for educational excellence and a faculty commitment to teaching and scholarship. Chartered in 1845 by the Republic of Texas through the efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is the oldest continually operating university in Texas. Located in Waco, Baylor welcomes students from all 50 states and more than 80 countries to study a broad range of degrees among its 11 nationally recognized academic divisions. Baylor sponsors 19 varsity athletic teams and is a founding member of the Big 12 Conference.
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Life will bring you entertaining revelations in the coming week, Aries. To explore even deeper, dive into your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
Even if you're not a jazz fan, you'll thrive in the coming week by using a modus operandi that resembles jazz. I suggest, therefore, that you improvise frequently. Experiment with intricate, strong, and playful rhythms. Infuse your yearning for freedom with humor. For further insight about how to proceed, meditate on the following clues from three jazz greats. Ornette Coleman: "Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time." John Coltrane: "You can play a shoestring if you're sincere." Miles Davis: "Don't play what's there, play what's not there."
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One of my best teachers always referred to himself as an unteacher. My goal is to strip away your certainties," he said, "so you can be alert to how mysterious life actually is." He didn't want to fill me up with a load of fixed ideas, in other words, but rather encourage me to cultivate the habit of questioning everything. I wish I could perform the same service for you, Gemini, especially now that you're becoming more receptive to the naked truth. I'd like to help you understand that in order to fall deeply in love with the world's messy beauty, you need to be able to gaze upon it as if it were just created a moment ago. (P.S. As psychotherapist Robert Augustus Masters says, the truth cannot be rehearsed.)
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Young rock bands often do cover tunes, copies of songs originally performed by well-known musicians they admire. Art teachers sometimes give their students the assignment of reproducing the great paintings of the old masters. To take maximum advantage of the current astrological influences, I suggest you use this strategy in your own unique way, Cancerian. Pick a hero, either dead or alive, either famous or unsung, whose approach to life you admire. Find out as much as you can about that person, and then engage in a flurry of imitation. Dress, talk, think, and dream like your hero. In every situation you're in, ask yourself what he or she would do. Have imaginary conversations, fantasize abundantly, and move through your days and nights as if you are that person.
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In the coming week you will be prone to eruptions of intuition about exciting future events that you have not previously imagined. Lucid visions of challenging adventures may pop into your mind's eye out of nowhere. When you come into the presence of people who may one day figure prominently in your creative departures from routine, you might feel chills run up and down your spine. Be alert for these signals from the Great Beyond. It's time for you to become your own fortune-teller.
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It's sowing time, Virgo. Seeds you plant in the coming days will grow into the crop you will ultimately harvest in July, 2005. If you think big, those seeds will also figure prominently in blooms that won't fully ripen until the latter part of 2015 and the first nine months of 2016. I suppose it's possible you'll get freaked out by the pressure, and pretend you don't have the awesome power I'm telling you that you have. In that case, you'll distract yourself with a thousand and one trivial concerns and let blind fate do the seed-planting for you. But I don't recommend that approach. I'd love for you to get excited as you contemplate what you want to be doing 12 years from now.
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"I lost the plot for a while," says a character in Nick Hornby's novel, High Fidelity. "And I lost the subplot, the script, the soundtrack, the intermission, the popcorn, the credits, and the exit sign." I'm betting you could have said something like that recently, Libra. The story of your life seemed to have been whisked out from under you and banished to the wilderness on the outskirts of limbo, where the wasteland meets no man's land. That's the bad news. The good news is that while you may never recover the plot you started with, you'll soon find a brand new one that's better than the original.
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"The conversation didn't get interesting until the end, after we ran out of things to say." Blogger Michael Barrish (www.oblivio.com) wrote that about a date he went on. I'd like to recommend it as your guiding principle in the coming week. Your assignment is to choose a person with whom you will talk and talk and talk until you are all talked out. At that point, though, you won't run along to your next appointments, but will dwell in the awkwardness as long as it takes for you to stumble upon a new way of being together. Furthermore, Scorpio, I urge you to apply this approach in as many other ways as you can imagine. Hang out in the pregnant silences on the other side of the climaxes.
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Physicists have been on a roll for the last hundred years. Beginning with Einstein's theory of relativity in 1905, they've uncovered secrets of the cosmos that would have seemed like magic to nineteenth-century scientists. Yet they still haven't found their Holy Grail-the "Theory of Everything" that would tie together all their discoveries and, in the words of Stephen Hawkings, allow them to "read the mind of God." According to my understanding of the astrological omens, you Sagittarians have been on a similar ride in the past 12 months. You've gathered tantalizing clues to the greatest mysteries of your life, but have not tracked down your personal Theory of Everything. That could change in the coming weeks, though. You're closer to the Grail than you've ever been.
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Your immediate future reminds me of the Buddhist monks I saw beaming child-like smiles and waving their arms exuberantly as they rode the roller coaster at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. Why? Because I believe that whatever discipline and devotion you have brought to your spiritual work in the past year will soon be rewarded, probably with a thrilling ride that dissolves obstacles or a soaring adventure that breaks down inhibitions.
Your destiny is a gorgeous mystery, Capricorn. Your soul is awakening more every day. The secrets of life are ripening right in front of your eyes. For more clues, consider checking out your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
During a six-year period of his life, music composer Johann Sebastian Bach created an average of one cantata every single week. In the coming days, you could be that prolific in your own chosen field, Aquarius. The creative juices should be flowing through you like a tidal wave; your ability to dream up fresh solutions to nagging puzzles should be at a peak. If for some reason none of what I'm saying seems to be true, it means you need to stop what you're doing, go sit under a tree, and listen more attentively to your fantasies.
What greater adventure is there than exploring the enigmas of your unique destiny, Aquarius? For more hints about the week ahead, listen to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
To achieve your dreams, writes Chuck Klosterman in Esquire, you shouldn't obsess on cultivating allies. The two most important characters in the life of any successful human, he says, are a nemesis and an archenemy. While I don't wholeheartedly endorse this exaggerated position, Pisces, I do recommend it now for your temporary use. Nothing will sharpen your wits so much in the coming weeks as competitors and people who don't agree with you. They will be catalysts who'll provide you with all the motivation you need to leap to the next level of excellence.
Where do you want to go in the coming week, Pisces? Who do you want to be? For more clues, tune in to your Expanded Audio Horoscope. The reading costs $6.
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During the campaign, President Obama blasted away at Mitt Romney's proposal for Medicare reform, because, according to Obama, "no American should ever have to spend their golden years at the mercy of insurance companies." And yet, the President is subjecting some of the poorest seniors in America to the tender mercies of private insurers. If he thinks private insurers are good enough for low-income retirees, why doesn't he think they're good enough for everyone else?
One of the thorniest entitlement-reform problems in America is what to do with so-called dual-eligibles: poor seniors who are eligible for both Medicare, our single-payer system for retirees, and Medicaid, our program for low-income Americans. Approximately 9 million Americans fall into both categories, representing 21 percent of Medicare beneficiaries in 2009, and 15 percent of all Medicaid beneficiaries.
Because dual-eligibles are older than the average Medicaid patient, they represent a disproportionate share of Medicaid spending: 38 percent in 2009. But dual-eligibles aren't just expensive because they're older, but because of massive inefficiencies in the way these patients are managed.
Obama: Private insurers are great for poor seniors
Hospitals and nursing homes are experts at gaming the system so that they can maximize the reimbursements that they get from these two poorly-paying programs. If Medicare pays more than Medicaid for a particular treatment or service, providers will bill Medicare. If Medicaid pays more, they'll bill Medicaid. In other words, a significant chunk of the extra cost of these "dual-eligible" patients is not that they're older and poorer, but that their care is paid for by two separate government agencies that don't always talk to each other.
Under a new provision in Obamacare, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—CMS—created a pilot program called the Financial Alignment Initiative to put dual-eligibles under the management of private insurers, using either a capitated model (a fixed payment per enrollee) or a fee-for-service model (the traditional Medicare reimbursement approach).
For states to gain CMS' approval to participate, CMS required that states promise that the private plans they employ cover the full range of traditional Medicare benefits, and that the savings would benefit both Medicaid (which is partially funded by the states) and Medicare. 15 states have already been approved for the program, and 26 more have applied for it.
There are considerable ironies in CMS' approach, given that Obama and his allies claim to think it's a terrible idea that Mitt Romney sought to let future seniors send their business to private insurers, if those insurers can cover the same people at a lower price than traditional Medicare.
Unlike the Romney plan, which would have given seniors the option to stay in the traditional, government-run program, Obama's plan would require all seniors in the approved states to move to private insurance on the Medicaid side. (On the Medicare side, the dual-eligibles could choose between traditional, fee-for-service Medicare and the more market-oriented Medicare Advantage program.)
Washington drags its feet
Not everybody is happy about Obama's move. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, known as MedPAC, sent CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner a letter in July, arguing that the pilot program was moving too quickly, without adequate safeguards. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D., W.Va.) sent his own letter to Kathleen Sebelius, urging her to "take immediate steps to halt this initiative as currently structured."
MedPAC's concerns basically boil down to bureaucratic foot-dragging: Obama's privatization of dual-eligibles moves too quickly and affects too many people. "If all of these state proposals are approved," the MedPAC commissioners wrote, "approximately 3 million dual-eligible beneficiaries will be enrolled" in the pilot program, "approximately 40 percent of all full-benefit dual-eligible beneficiaries…The scope of the demonstrations as proposed is too broad."
MedPAC argues that private insurers lack the experience to manage such complicated patients, and, paradoxically, that "there may not be sufficient numbers of dual-eligible beneficiaries" in certain states to evaluate the demonstrations.
The MedPAC criticisms don't make a whole lot of sense. Private insurers have plenty of experience dealing with complex patients, and indeed are more likely to be able to handle such cases in an integrated fashion, when compared to the Keystone Kops approach currently employed by Washington and the state capitals. Indeed, the whole idea of care coordination was pioneered by private insurers. More than two-thirds of all Medicaid beneficiaries already are enrolled in some form of privately administered managed care.
Doing nothing is not an option
Most importantly, doing nothing is not an option. Rapidly rising Medicaid costs are forcing states to make impossible choices between drastically cutting health-care services or pulling back on spending on education and other social services. "California is already counting on more than $500 million in budget savings from its own program this year" for dual-eligibles, reports Margot Sanger-Katz of National Journal.
If we don't employ private insurers to improve the efficiency of these services, the only alternative is blunt cuts to benefits, payments, and access. Low-income seniors would fare far worse under the go-it-slow approach favored by MedPAC. State governments understand this, which is why so many of them are banging down CMS' doors.
Migrate dual-eligibles onto Obamacare's exchanges
The best long-term reform would be to create a customized insurance product for dual-eligibles that could be added onto Obamacare's exchanges. Here's why.
As I've discussed previously, raising Medicare's retirement age is now the easiest and most important component of entitlement reform, because these younger seniors will have access to Obamacare's exchanges. But unless you address the dual-eligibles, younger seniors below the poverty level who have the retirement age raised on them will not have access to the exchanges, but rather to Medicaid.
Creating an exchange product for all dual-eligible seniors older than 65, even if the broader retirement age is raised, would eliminate this problem. In addition, migrating the duals onto the exchanges will mean that these low-income seniors will get better-coordinated, higher-quality care, because they'll be dealing with one insurer instead of two.
The downside of this approach is that it would also reduce the fiscal savings from raising the retirement age, because the exchanges are fully funded by the federal government, whereas Medicaid is partially funded by the states. But that trade-off is well worth it, especially if moving from two insurers to one results in greater cost-effectiveness.
It takes a lot of brass, as Bill Clinton would put it, for President Obama to carp about Republicans putting seniors in the hands of insurance companies, when his own administration has been aggressively doing just that. But now that the election is over, perhaps there's a way for both parties to come together, by using private insurers to bring higher-quality care to the poorest, sickest, costliest patients in America.
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GM Reports First Quarter Net Income of $0.1 Billion
Net income reduced by recall charge and special items
- EBIT-adjusted of $0.5 billion, reduced by $1.3 billion pre-tax recall charge and $0.3 billion in restructuring costs
- Company records strong core operating performance in first quarter
- Revenue and free cash flow improved year-over-year
DETROIT – General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) today announced first quarter net income attributable to common stockholders of $0.1 billion, or $0.06 per diluted share. Strong core operating performance during the quarter was more than offset by a net loss from special items of $0.4 billion, or $(0.23) per diluted share, and a $1.3 billion pre-tax charge primarily for the cost of recall-related repairs, or $(0.48) per diluted share.
Special items in the quarter were primarily related to changing the exchange rate GM uses for re-measuring the net assets of its Venezuelan subsidiaries.
In the first quarter of 2013, GM's net income attributable to common stockholders was $0.9 billion, or $0.58 per diluted share, including a net loss from special items of $0.2 billion or $(0.09) per diluted share.
Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) adjusted was $0.5 billion and included the impact of a $1.3 billion pre-tax charge for recall-related costs and $0.3 billion in restructuring costs. This compares to the first quarter of 2013, when the company recorded EBIT-adjusted of $1.8 billion, which included a pre-tax charge of $0.1 billion for recalls and $0.1 billion in restructuring costs.
Net revenue in the first quarter of 2014 was $37.4 billion, compared to $36.9 billion in the first quarter of 2013.
"The performance of our core operations was very strong this quarter, reflecting the positive response of customers to the new vehicles we are bringing to market," said GM CEO Mary Barra. " Our focus remains on creating the world's best vehicles with the highest levels of safety, quality and customer service, while aggressively addressing our business opportunities and challenges globally."
GM Results Overview (in billions except for per share amounts)
Net income attributable to common stockholders
Earnings per share (EPS) diluted
Impact of special items on EPS diluted
Automotive net cash flow from operating activities
Adjusted automotive free cash flow
Segment Results
- GM North America reported EBIT-adjusted of $0.6 billion which included the impact of a $1.3 billion pre-tax charge for recall costs in the quarter. This compared with EBIT-adjusted of $1.4 billion in the first quarter of 2013.
- GM Europe reported EBIT-adjusted of $(0.3) billion, which includes
$0.2 billion for restructuring costs. This compares with EBIT-adjusted of $(0.2) billion in the first quarter of 2013.
- GM International Operations reported EBIT-adjusted of $0.3 billion, compared with EBIT-adjusted of $0.5 billion in the first quarter of 2013.
- GM South America reported EBIT-adjusted of $(0.2) billion, compared with EBIT-adjusted of $0.0 billion in the first quarter of 2013.
- GM Financial earnings before tax was $0.2 billion for the quarter, compared with $0.2 billion in the first quarter of 2013.
Cash Flow and Liquidity
First quarter automotive cash flow from operating activities of $2.0 billion and automotive free cash flow of $0.2 billion were both significantly improved compared with the first quarter of 2013. GM ended the quarter with very strong total automotive liquidity of $37.4 billion. Automotive cash and marketable securities was $27.0 billion compared with $27.9 billion at year-end 2013.
"Our revenue and cash flow improved this quarter and our underlying business performance remains on plan," said Chuck Stevens, GM executive vice president and CFO. "Executing flawless launches and using our strength in the U.S. and China to restructure key global operations will continue to be our focus this year."
General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM, TSX: GMM) and its partners produce vehicles in 30 countries, and the company has leadership positions in the world's largest and fastest-growing automotive markets. GM, its subsidiaries and joint venture entities sell vehicles under the Chevrolet, Cadillac, Baojun, Buick, GMC, Holden, Jiefang, Opel, Vauxhall and Wuling brands. More information on the company and its subsidiaries, including OnStar, a global leader in vehicle safety, security and information services, can be found at https://www.gm.com.
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In this press release and in related comments by our management, our use of the words "expect," "anticipate," "possible," "potential," "target," "believe," "commit," "intend," "continue," "may," "would," "could," "should," "project," "appears," "projected," "positioned" or similar expressions is intended to identify forward-looking statements that represent our current judgment about possible future events. We believe these judgments are reasonable, but these statements are not guarantees of any events or financial results, and our actual results may differ materially due to a variety of important factors. Among other items, such factors might include: our ability to realize production efficiencies and to achieve reductions in costs as a result of our restructuring initiatives and labor modifications; our ability to maintain quality control over our vehicles and avoid material vehicle recalls, and the cost and effect on our reputation of product recalls; our ability to maintain adequate financing sources, including as required to fund our planned significant investment in new technology; our ability to successfully integrate Ally Financial's international operations; the ability of our suppliers to timely deliver parts, components and systems; our ability to realize successful vehicle applications of new technology; overall strength and stability of our markets, particularly outside of North America and China; costs and risks associated with litigation and government investigations including those related to our recent recalls and our ability to continue to attract new customers, particularly for our new products. GM's most recent annual report on Form 10-K provides information about these and other factors, which we may revise or supplement in future reports to the SEC.


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Here is my Royal story from Denmark...
and they still owe me money too..
In 2011 Mikael promised:
1. Royal gear for the Boat show I CPH 12.th march 2011, Nothing came as
2. 70 board for the first event I DK, nothing came as promised!
3. Long bars, nothing came at all!
4. Boards finely came, but looked like shit! Fin box, not good. More than
1,2 kg Too heavy!
5. No fins as promised!
6. No foot straps as promised!
7. Fins was on its way, but disappeared, nothing came at all!
8. 2. Board promised for world Championship Sylt, Came but looked like
shit again, and fin boxes are not good
9. Kites drops out of the sky, struts are not straight. Bad stitching..
10. I gets 2. Production of 2011 kites, but same shit. Struts even blows
first time we pump it...
11. First time I ask! Can I get my money back? No No No No, you will get
complete set of Race gear 2012 for free (4 kites, 1 board, 4 bars, 3 carbon
12. On a meeting Mik promised again.. Everything will be here latest
29-02-2012 or else I'm free to race what I want..
13. I want to pay extra for air shipment the 24-1-2012 but together with Jan
(surf og ski Greve) we decides to sent by ship.
14. 22-2-2012 I get a mail from Jan (surf og ski Greve) that nothing is
sent from Chain..
Its where my patience stops, You will not get any of your old gear or proto
gear back before I get my money back.
Any who knows me say that I am very patient but not more, that stop here.


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Irving Penn
American, 1917–2009
New York Still Life, 1947, printed August/September 1978
Platinum-palladium print, edition 48/65
45 x 58.5 cm (image); 55.9 x 63 cm (mount)
Inscribed verso: "1746 / .. [in a circle]"; inscribed verso: "NEW YORK STILL LIFE"; inscribed verso: "Rives Paper on Aluminum / Multiple coating and printing / 1 [in a circle] Platinum-palladium / 2 [in a circle] Platinum-palladium"; inscribed verso: "Print made August-September 1978"; inscribed verso: "48/65"; stamped and inscribed verso: "PHOTOGRAPH BY IRVING PENN / Copyright ©1947 by / THE CONDE NAST PUBLICATIONS INC. / Not to be reproduced without / written permission of the / copyright holder."; stamped and inscribed verso: "In addition to 65 numbered prints in platinum metals, unnumbered prints not exceeding a total of 20 may exist."
Gift of Irving Penn, 1996.162
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Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, "Irving Penn, A Career in Photography," November 22, 1997–February 1, 1998; traveled to St. Petersburg, Russia, State Hermitage Museum, March 1–May 16, 1998; Hamburg, Germany, Deichtorhallen, June 18–September 6, 1998; Munich, Germany, Müchner Stadtmuseum, October 6, 1998–February 21, 1999; San Francisco, California, Friends of Photography/Ansel Adams Center for Photography, November 11, 1999–January 23, 2000; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 25–June 4, 2000; Paris, France, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, September 13–November 5, 2000 (Chicago only). (Colin Westerbeck)
Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, "A Case for Wine: From King Tut to Today," July 11–September 20, 2009. (Christopher Monkhouse)
Publication History
Penn, Irving. 1960. "Moments Preserved." Simon and Schuster. p. 120. (other print of this image)
Thornton, Gene. 1976. "Masters of the Camera: Stieglitz, Steichen and their Successors." Exh. cat. American Federation of Arts/Holt, Rinehart and Winston. pp. 124-25. (other print of this image)
Szarkowski, John. 1984. "Irving Penn." Exh. cat. Museum of Modern Art/New York Graphic Society Books. pl. 73. (other print of this image)
Foresta, Merry A. and William F. Stapp. 1990. "Irving Penn: Master Images." Exh. cat. National Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 15, cat. 2. (other print of this image/published as "Still Life with Food, New York")
Penn, Irving. 1991. "Passage: A Work Record." Knopf. p. 39. (other print of this image)
Hürlimann, Annemarie. 1994. "Irving Penn: Collection privée/Irving Penn: Privatsammlung." Exh. cat. Musée d'art et d'histoire/Editions Bentali. p. 25, cat. 8. (other print of this image)
Lundström, Jan-Erik. 1995. "Irving Penn fotografier: en donation till mine av Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn/Irving Penn Photographs: A Donation in Memory of Lisa Fonssagrives-Penn." Exh. cat. Moderna Museet/Raster Förlag. p. 55. (other print of this image)
Westerbeck, Colin. 1997. "Irving Penn: A Career in Photography." Exh. cat. Art Institute of Chicago/Bulfinch Press. p. 181, cat no. 21.
Penn, Irving. 2001. "Still Life." Bulfinch Press. n.pag. (other print of this image)
Greenough, Sarah. 2005. "Irving Penn: Platinum Prints." Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art/Yale University Press. pl. 6. (other print of this image)
Ownership History
Given by the artist to the Art Institute, 1996.


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Universities Honored with a Special Presidential Citation at 2nd Annual Symposium on Physics Education
College Park, Maryland, United States, January 21, 2008
The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) announced that a special honor will be presented to both Towson University, Towson, Maryland, and University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. The special AAPT Presidential Citation award will be presented to these higher places of learning, Towson University in recognition of exemplary efforts in teacher preparation, with special knowledge of its successful programs for preparing elementary teachers, and its work on the PhysTEC Project; and University of Maryland in recognition of its exemplary efforts in teacher education research at the College of Education, in physics and across the University. The awards will be presented to Towson University and University of Maryland, by Harvey Leff, AAPT President.
"It is such an honor for AAPT to recognize leading institutions in Maryland that have made a difference in teacher education" said Leff, "Strengthening teacher education, and particularly in the science, may be the single most important area of concern when it comes to building and sustaining long-term high-tech leadership and supporting a high-tech savvy citizenry, not to mention solving the problems and tapping the opportunities that humanity faces. AAPT is ready to support and drive any effort that leads to increased interest in physics."
The Presidential Citations are being issued to institutions within the state of Maryland (where AAPT's 2008 Winter Meeting is being held) which have done outstanding work within the theme of the Association's Symposium. The awards session is a featured part of the 2nd Annual Symposium on Physics Education titled "The Many-Body Challenge: The Full-Community Solution for Strengthening Teacher Recruitment, Preparation, and Retention in Physics."
The Presidential Citations Awards will take place on Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 1:45 p.m., Grand Ballroom VI, at the 2008 AAPT Winter Meeting being held at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland.
For more information about the AAPT Winter Meeting in Baltimore go to:
AAPT is the leading organization for physics educators -- with more than 11,500 members worldwide. Its mission is to enhance the understanding and appreciation of physics through
teaching. AAPT was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in the American Center for Physics in College Park, Maryland.
The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a not-for-profit organization chartered in 1931 for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its application to human welfare. It is the mission of the Institute to serve physics, astronomy, and related fields of science and technology by serving its ten Member Societies and their associates, individual scientists, educators, R&D leaders, and the general public with programs, services and publications.


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